Arts + Entertainment
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The Great American Hall of Wonders at the Smithsonian
The Great American Hall of Wonders examines the American ingenuity that energized all aspects of 19th-century society, from the painting of landscapes and scenes of...
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Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band at Iota
The Washington Post has called Chopteeth Afrofunk Big Band “a storming powerhouse of big-band African funk. . .smart, tight and relentlessly driving.” Chopteeth has already...
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Theater Alliance presents Black Nativity
Theater Alliance presents Black Nativity, Langston Hughes’s retelling of the Biblical Christmas story from an Afro-centric perspective, incorporating gospel, blues, funk, jazz and dance with...
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David Cronenberg’s Videodrome
The Washington Psychotronic Film Society, dedicated to independent, experimental, low-budget, off-the-beaten-path filmmaking, presents a weekly Monday night screening series, hosted by The Incorrigible Dr. Schlock....
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Erin Jackson appears tonight at the DC Improv
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of fellow D.C.-bred comics Wanda Sykes, Dave Chappelle and Martin Lawrence, Erin Jackson has garnered some national credibility with...
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WIT’s Seasonal Disorder
Washington Improv Theater’s annual holiday extravaganza features shows based on audience suggestions, showing you the good, the bad and the ugly of the season —...
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The Kinsey Sicks at Theater J for one weekend only!
Winnie (Erwin Keller), Ben Schatz (Rachel), Jeff Manabat (Trixie) and Trampolina (Spencer Brown) make up the popular “dragapella beautyshop quartet” The Kinsey Sicks, specializing in...
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The Raspberry Brothers present Home Alone
The Raspberry Brothers, a trio of Brooklyn comedians, return to the Arlington Cinema & Drafthouse, this time to riff on the 1990 Christmas flick Home...
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Last Chance: Lauren Weedman’s Bust
A former correspondent on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, Lauren Weedman juggles between Bust‘s more than two dozen characters, snapping back and forth with a...
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Review: Ellen Greene with the Gay Men’s Chorus
Last Saturday night, Dec. 17, at the holiday concert of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, Broadway and screen star Ellen Greene had what she...
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Tattoo Paradise
I might as well admit it -- I've never read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. When I sat down to watch director David Fincher's...
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Nostalgic Adventure
Of those heading to the movies this holiday season, plenty should find their way to The Adventures of Tintin. After all, the days off and...
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Dance Fever
Even if you've never been a motherless 11-year-old boy taking ballet class in secret, using the money your father gave you for boxing lessons despite...
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Bon Voyage
The revival of Anything Goes is -- pure and simple -- old-fashioned. And how could it not be? Dating from 1934, the Cole Porter escapist...
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Modern Classic
If Glee were to become a Broadway musical, the result would be something similar to Lysistrata Jones. Oh sure, Douglas Carter Beane's hip new musical,...
